THE REGION

THE REGION; 2 Irish Activists Convicted by Jury

AP

Published: November 9, 1983

BUFFALO, Nov. 8—
Two political activists from Northern Ireland were convicted by a Federal jury tonight of trying to enter the United States illegally.

A Canadian accused of trying to drive one of them across the United States-Canada border was acquitted.

The two men convicted are Owen Carron and Daniel Morrison. Mr. Carron was elected to the British House of Commons in 1981 but did not take his seat before his term ended. Mr. Morrison is a public-relations official for the Sinn Fein political party, which advocates the withdrawal of the British from Northern Ireland.

They were convicted on a charge of making false and fictitious statements to American immigration officials at the border on Jan. 21, 1982.

Patrick Morrell of Niagara Falls, Ontario, who drove Mr. Carron to the border, was cleared of a charge that he tried to encourage and induce Mr. Carron to enter the United States.

Judge John T. Curtin permitted Mr. Carron and Mr. Morrison to remain free on bail of $10,000 each pending sentencing. No date was set.